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Lifschitz familyFrom his home in East London, the British-Israeli Sharon LifeSitz never left hopes that his 84-year-old father Oded would return from the terror of Hamas imprisonment after more than 500 days.
He was a man of peace, for a preacher and a friend of Palestinians.
He was dragged by Palestinian gunmen from his house on 7 October and was killed in captivity after Gaza was taken alive.
Her body return on Thursday was a devastating news for Ms. LifeSitz and her family, especially her mother Yochaved Who was also a hostage, but returned alive And now you will not be able to reunite with her husband of 63 years.
After identifying Oded’s body, head of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Israel said that he was killed in captivity more than a year ago. The Prime Minister’s Office of Israel said that “he was murdered in captivity by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.”
The BBC was with a filmmaker and academic Sharon on the announcement of the ceasefire last month.
He shed tears of happiness and hoped that in the end he saw an opportunity, where he would know what happened to his father. After him hostage for more than a year, he did not know whether he was alive or dead.
RootsSharon LifeSitz then admitted that his age hopes of his existence were thin, but he believed that “miracles could happen.”
Ms. LIFSCHITZ has been a luxurious and dignified voice for the release of her father and other hostages, and has highlighted the trauma that she faced hostage families since the time she has made.
“In a way or any other, we will know. We will know if he is still with us, if we can take care of him. We will know who we are unhappy for … My father is not worth it Were.
But she believed that there were “more graves”.
And now, one will be for his father.
Oded Lifshitz was a journalist and experienced pracharak for peace, who sent sick Palestinians to hospitals in Israel for treatment. In his campaign for Palestinian rights, he met Yasar Arafat, head of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
He found Kibutz Neer Oz, where he lived and was taken hostage. It was a place where he was well known for the cacti that he grew growing, the piano he played and the grandchildren accepted.
Nearly 1,200 people – most of the citizens – were killed in October 7 attacks and 251 others, including Oded and Yokaved, withdrew Gaza as hostages. According to Hamas’s Health Ministry, Israel launched a large -scale military campaign against Hamas, with at least 48,297 Palestinians – mainly citizens.
Oded’s wife Yachev, who was freed as a hostage by Hamas in 2023, met the then -we -US leader Yahya Sinavar during being held in tunnels under Gaza – and told him that he should be ashamed of himself.
The British lawyers, who supported the family, said that “Yokaved should be the only person from Sinavar, Netanyahu and Pope, and gave them all a piece of his mind. It is the kind of extraordinary person that he is.”
On Wednesday, as he received a peace award for the hostages to campaign for the hostages, he said: “Oded was a great fighter for peace. He had very good relations with Palestinians and what hurts the most, it is the most pain. Is that they cheated him. “
His family said that he can now mourn for a husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, but “after the days of uncertainty”, he “had hoped and prayed for a different result.”
